President Donald Trump proclaimed that he was right about Sweden, after all, today while on the Conservative Political Action Conference stage.

'I took a lot of heat on Sweden,' the president said to laughs, referring to the blowback he received after bringing up the Nordic country at a campaign-like rally in Florida last week. 'I love Sweden. Great country, great people, I love Sweden, but they understand I'm right. The people over there understand I'm right.'

While in the midst of a discussion about terrorism in Europe, Trump had name-dropped Sweden – 'You look at what's happening last night in Sweden.' – a comment that perplexed many, as no actual attack had occurred.

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President Donald Trump defended his Sweden comments on the Conservative Political Action Conference stage, pointing to riots that broke out Monday in a Stockholm suburb

President Donald Trump brought up Sweden and lopped it into a broader conversation on migrant problems in Europe, name-dropping Germany and France as well

The president later clarified that he was referring to a Fox News Channel report on a documentary filmmaker blaming Sweden's growing immigrant population for a crime surge.

'Sweden, they took in large numbers, they are having problems like they never thought possible,' the president had said at the rally.

When news reports suggested Trump had made up a fake terror attack, the president attacked back.

'Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!' Trump wrote on Twitter.

Then on Monday, a riot broke out in a predominantly immigrant Stockholm suburb, where a police officer had to fire his gun.

Rioters also threw rocks at cops and looted areas shops, however no one was hurt.

Today at CPAC, Trump pointed to this incident as proof he had been right all along.

'Take a look, take a look at what happened in Sweden,' Trump said, using the same language he used a week before. 'Take a look at what's happening in Sweden.'

Trump then pivoted, mentioning European countries where attacks have occurred.

'Take a look at what's happening in Germany,' the American president said.

He was likely referring to a 2016 shopping mall attack where a German-Iranian teen killed nine people before killing himself.

'Take a look at what's happening in France,' he continued. 'Take a look at Nice and Paris.'

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On Bastille Day of last year, an ISIS-aligned terrorist drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, killing 86.

Paris has seen multiple terror attacks, the deadliest being the November 2015 shootings and bombings of restaurants, the Bataclan theater and the Stade de France, which killed 30 at the hands of the Islamic State.

Trump told the crowd he had a friend who used to go to Paris every year.

'He loves the city of lights,' Trump said. 'For years every summer he would go to Paris, it was automatic, with his wife and his family.'

Now, Trump said, his friend doesn't visit.

'I said Jim, let me ask you a question, how's Paris doing?' Trump said, playing himself in the conversation. 'I don't go there anymore, Paris is no longer Paris,' the president said, answering as his friend.

Now, Trump pointed out, 'he doesn't think in terms of going there.'

'Take a look at what's happening to our world folks,' Trump told the CPAC crowd. 'And we have to be smart. We have to be smart. We can't let it happen to us.'